Joseph A. LeFante

Joseph Anthony LeFante (8 September 1928-26 February 1997) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NJ 14) from 3 January 1977 to 14 December 1978, succeeding Dominick V. Daniels and preceding Frank Joseph Guarini.

Biography
Joseph Anthony LeFante was born in Bayonne, New Jersey in 1928, and he worked in real estate before serving on the Bayonne City Council from 1962 to 1970. From 1969 to 1976, he served in the New Jersey State Assembly as a Democratic Party member, and he served in the US House of Representatives until 1977 to 1978, when he resigned a month short of leaving office. In 1982, he was a failed candidate for the US Senate, and he died in Manhattan, New York City in 1997.